Clothes-line support.



H. MENTEN.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.6, 1914.

' 1 1 84,1 95 Patented I May 23, 1916.

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CLOTHES-LINE surroa'r.

To all whom it mag concern: r V

I Be it known thatI, HERMAN MENTEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Astoria, in.,the-county of Queens and I 5 State of New v York, haveinvented new-and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports, of whichthe following is a-specifica tion. 7 l

' This invention relates to improvementsin 1Q clothes line supports for elevated clothes lines'which are strung onpulleys ,fromian apartment window to a distant wall or-other 1 structure. I A

a The obj ect. of myinvention is to provide a safety armfor attachment to a window casing which is so constructed-as to permit the clothes line to be-drawn in the room while the clothes are'f'placedthereon, and is adjus'table to a position entirely clear of the window after the clothes are hung without I requiring the user to lean beyond -the..win-

dow. sill. A further object of. my invention is to provide. a device of this character which is adjustable to extension in any direction from the window in which the distant support may be'located, and which isalso adjustable for attachment to either the outer or inside face of the window casing.-

30. if Afurther object of my invention istoprovide adevice-of this character in which the clothes line maybe drawn taut after the clothes are 'h'ung'thereon with little efiort and without necessitating the lifting of the 85 weighted line as is now necessary with devices of this class.

Further objects of my invention will appear'in' the following description taken in i 7 connection with the accompanying drawings,- '40 wherein I haveillustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, and inwhich 7 Figures 1 and 2 are elevation views showing my improved device in its inner and outer positions respectively. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the supporting bracket showing the I pivoted bar in its vertical'position; Figs. 4

and 5 are detail sectional views showing the bar locked in its horizontal position.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 indicates I an arm of: strong wood or metal, as desired,

carrying on its outer end a fork 2 forming a continuation of the arm and providing a support for the axleof the pulley 3. The arm l is supported on the pivot 4: at a point near its opposite end, which pivot issupported on a two-partbracket 5 by which the Specification of Lettersl atent. Pat t d M 23 1913 Application filed March 6, 1914. Serial No. 822,814. i

arm is attachedto the window casing. The two parts of the bracket 5 are adjustable on each other to permit the arm to extend in any direction from the window. As shown, each part of the bracket consists of a U- shaped member arranged with their projecting lugs overlapping and pivoted together with suitable thumb screws. To look the. parts in their adjusted position the upper face of the fixed part of the bracketis provided with a series of notches '6 surrounding the thumb screw, and the lower face of the corresponding projection of the other part of the bracket is provided with a corresponding lug or tooth 7 for holding the parts against relative pivotal movement when drawn together by the thumb screw.

In its inwardly projecting position, as shown in Fig. 1, the arm l'must be lockedin substantially horizontal position, and to this end the bracket 5 is provided on its opposite edges adjacent the pivot ofthe arm with a pair of spaced lugs forming a notch 8 for the reception ofthe pivoted latch 9 attached to the lower edge of the arm 1 as shown more particularly in Figs. at and 5. By the construction shown the same latch also serves to hold the arm in; its vertical position as shown in Fig. 2. Thearm land the bracket 5 are of substantially the same width and hence when the arm is in its vertical position the edges of the arm and bracket are alined. The Iatch'may be swung across the edge of the bracket to engage the edge of the bracket with its fiat under face to hold the arm in its vertical position. To prevent movement of the arm past the vertical position the arm is provided on its upper edge with a fixed cross bar 10 which engages the edge of the bracket.

The clothes line is trained over the pulley '3 at the end of the arm and extends along one notch 14 being adjacent the pulley 3 while the others are arranged in series at different distances from'the pivot of the arm. I v

In operation the arm is swung into the room when it is desired to hang out the Vclothes and locked in its horiz ontalfliosirj,

tion by means of the latch 9. The clip 113 is set in the notch 14: atthe end of thejarm to allow the line-suflicient slack toibeijeasily" drawn through itspulleys, The clothes are then hung on the portion of the line depend:

ing beneath the arm and the line With thef clothes on drawn toward 'the distant*support. .After' the line is filled With clothes the slack in the line is takenvup byslidin-g the clip alongv the arm andf'dropping the r o clip in one of the notches adjacent the pivot of the arm to give the proper tension to" the line; The latch 9'is then released, the

arm turned'topits vertical position Whereit' is again made secure by the latch. The. turning of the arm does not l'o'osen'the line for the reason that'the line istrained over the short'end of the arm through a notch provided for the purpose, so thatthejshort end of the arm takes. up Whatever slack may be occasionedby theoutwardmovement of the other end of the line;

'As one of he numerous features of advantage providedby my improved'device may be mentioned the arrangement' 'of the clip 13 torftakingup the slack in the line, The tension of the clothes line is as much affected bythe Weather as by the Weight of vthe clothesjthereon, and a line Which-is loose enough under some conditions 'will be entirely too taut-tobe drawn t I pulleys-{under other conditions. WVithithis sliding clip the line may be drawn taut with little effort and Without leaning out of the,

Window or lifting tlie weight of-the clothes.

Another advantage otthis device is, that it may be attached to either the right or left side of a Window Without much -trouble. It is merely necessary to detach thefarm turn same around, and replace again.

Hav1ng thus descrlbed my invention What I I claim and desire to secure by Letters Bat- 7 Copies of this patent maybe obtain ed'foi fivescei ts ealchrby m ssaginga omalo set ne; 7 .-w ,shin:ton,n:c.

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1. In a clothes line supportythe combinaf rough the 1 Supporting arm 'piv- Y 'oted thereon andhaving a guide for the clothes line" adjacent itsendQ-a support ad- I justablealong the arm for receiving an" in-, 1 te1mediate"porti0n of the line and means for holding saidsupport against axial moves I ment in difl'ereiitpositions of a dju'stment; l

2. Inaclothes.1ine'support;fthe combina-j tion of a supporting bracket comprising a" fiiied part for attachment to-a Wall OI other, support and having a pair of outwardly pro j je'ctifng lugs and a' movable part having correspondinglugs adjacent said first m'enor vertical position.

tioned lug s pivotally connectedthereto, said! i 7' 3. In a cltheslineysupport; thelc ombina tion of a bracket :tor-attachment toVa wall V v justable in a horizontalplandfan arm-'piv-= or other support and having a portion adotally supported on the i vertical face 7 of the *adjustable portion of said bracket at a point f" intermediate its ends; clotheslline guides f at opposite; ends of the said arm, meansffor locking said arm in horizontal po'sition comssa-id arm 'for'engagement with said bracket prising a pivoted latch 'carri ed'byfthe edge f "of said armand adapted to;eng' age the notch i w in the adjacent'surfaceof, said bracketgiand afixejd stop carried bythe oppositeedge' as S o to limit the pivotal'movement of said arms beyond the verticaliposition, Signed at New York 'i n thefcounty OfLNe'vv Yorkand State of Nevv' Yorlr -this day? of February, 1914 H a:

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